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Rivers Casino
August 4 - 9, 2026
Main Event:
1807 Entrants
Winner:
Mo Nuwwarah
DAYS:
1A
1B
1C
2
EVENT RECAP
The RESULTS
Rank
Player Name
City
State
Amount
Points
1
Mo Nuwwarah
Omaha
NE
$205,499
1,400
2
Greg Koutelidakis
Buffalo Grove
IL
$163,737
1,400
3
Matt Miller
Naperville
IL
$149,137
1,400
4
Michael Holm
Naperville
IL
$128,032
1,400
5
Bruce Fagan
North Branch
MN
$114,829
1,400
6
David Kowal
Schaumburg
IL
$56,978
1,300
7
Matthew Schurter
Crystal Lake
IL
$44,892
1,200
8
Ben Krauss
Arlington Heights
IL
$34,532
1,100
9
Evan Bethyo
Mundelein
IL
$27,626
1,000
10
Anthony Veckey
Arlington Heights
IL
$22,446
900
11
Nicola DiTrapani
Rolling Meadows
IL
$22,446
900
12
Sam Zureikat
Orland Park
IL
$22,446
900
13
Reza Sheykhi
Denver
CO
$18,993
850
14
Taylor Fortini
Littleton
CO
$18,993
850
15
Daniel McNally
Chicago
IL
$18,993
850
16
Joel Casper
Elmhurst
IL
$15,539
800
17
Jason Crews
Clive
IA
$15,539
800
18
Sung Bae
Aurora
CO
$15,539
800
19
Matthew Levin
Milwaukee
WI
$12,950
750
20
Frank Cerminara SR
Kenosha
WI
$12,950
750
21
Brendan Shiller
Chicago
IL
$12,950
750
22
Jacob Zoll
$10,532
700
23
Shreyas Venkatasubramaniam
$10,532
700
24
Nickolas Bastas
Orland Park
IL
$10,532
700
25
Daniel Hart
$8,460
650
26
Brian Yoder
Arlington Heights
IL
$8,460
650
27
Doug Timmer
Milwaukee
WI
$8,460
650
28
Steven Pike
Mequon
WI
$6,820
600
29
Chad Nyberg
$6,820
600
30
Daniel Gallegos
$6,820
600
31
John Kamis
$6,820
600
32
Joseph Ozimok
Pittsburgh
PA
$6,820
600
33
Brady Bowman
Moline
IL
$6,820
600
34
Brett Slezak
Omaha
NE
$6,820
600
35
Michael Lu
Milwaukee
WI
$6,820
600
36
Derek Chang
$6,820
600
37
Kevin Maahs
Chicago
IL
$5,784
550
38
Matthew Hoey
$5,784
550
39
Richard Bai
Schaumburg
IL
$5,784
550
40
Zara Eminova
$5,784
550
41
Ryan Eamon
Yorkville
IL
$5,784
550
42
Mark Larson (MN)
Coon Rapids
MN
$5,784
550
43
Frank Cowan
Westmont
IL
$5,784
550
44
Anthony De Jesus
Oshkosh
WI
$5,784
550
45
Samuel Rey
Carol Stream
IL
$5,784
550
46
Steve Alonzo
Beloit
WI
$4,921
500
47
Gheorghe Zgardan
Streamwood
IL
$4,921
500
48
Nino Papava
Chicago
IL
$4,921
500
49
Joseph Turner
Chicago
IL
$4,921
500
50
Brett Reichard
Janesville
WI
$4,921
500
51
Tony Tran
Philadelphia
PA
$4,921
500
52
Jerry Gumila
Streamwood
IL
$4,921
500
53
Joseph Saltanovitz
Battle Creek
MI
$4,921
500
54
Imran Sajwani
Chicago
IL
$4,921
500
55
Kalpesh Shah
Hanover Park
IL
$4,058
450
56
Larry Wagner
Middleton
WI
$4,058
450
57
Jacob Marynowski
Southgate
MI
$4,058
450
58
Jacob Woggon
Camp Douglas
WI
$4,058
450
59
Rory Linton
Apple Valley
MN
$4,058
450
60
Daniel Biagini
St. Charles
IL
$4,058
450
61
Edwin Pava Cruz
Kenosha
WI
$4,058
450
62
Christopher Cullen
Chicago
IL
$4,058
450
63
Jesse Cohen
Ardmore
PA
$4,058
450
64
Rinaldo Teodoro
Trevor
WI
$3,712
400
65
David To
Hoffman Estates
IL
$3,712
400
66
Eun Joo
Las Vegas
NV
$3,712
400
67
Oliwer Sankiewicz
Arlington Heights
IL
$3,712
400
68
Alexander Rosenberg
Riverwood
IL
$3,712
400
69
Mohammad Shahid
Skokie
IL
$3,712
400
70
Paul Elfelt
Brookfield
WI
$3,712
400
71
Chao Hui Ning
Chicago
IL
$3,712
400
72
Jerry Kaforski
Lombard
IL
$3,712
400
73
Stephen Ma
Iowa City
IA
$3,367
350
74
Sung Pil Kim
Skokie
IL
$3,367
350
75
Steve W
Brooklyn Park
MN
$3,367
350
76
Dave Grandin
Madison
WI
$3,367
350
77
Allen Pritchett
Vicksburg
MI
$3,367
350
78
Gerald Cunniff
St. Paul
MN
$3,367
350
79
Dustin Bowling
West Lafayette
IN
$3,367
350
80
Missy Bartelme
Muskego
WI
$3,367
350
81
George Wedemeyer
Chicago
IL
$3,367
350
82
Todd Sladek
Glen Ellyn
IL
$3,108
300
83
Gurunagaraju Salla
Buffalo Grove
IL
$3,108
300
84
Brandon Meister
Chicago
IL
$3,108
300
85
Svetlozar Momtchilov
Hoffman Estates
IL
$3,108
300
86
Zhao Liu
Naperville
IL
$3,108
300
87
Anthony Scarborough
Mansfield
SD
$3,108
300
88
Tsahi Cahana
Chicago
IL
$3,108
300
89
Josh Reichard
Janesville
WI
$3,108
300
90
Juan Bunces
Carol Stream
IL
$3,108
300
91
Haibin Huang
Willowbrook
IL
$2,935
250
92
Glen Nelson
Pleasant Prairie
WI
$2,935
250
93
Kirstin Ives
Elmhurst
IL
$2,935
250
94
Nicholas Armstrong
Mt. Prospect
IL
$2,935
250
95
Matthew Porter
McHenry
IL
$2,935
250
96
Rob WazWaz
Minneapolis
MN
$2,935
250
97
Alin Cotolan
Chicago
IL
$2,935
250
98
Ketan Shah
Chicago
IL
$2,935
250
99
Scott Hergott
Highland Park
IL
$2,935
250
100
Daniel Jesudason
Naperville
IL
$2,763
200
101
Harold Behling
Fridley
MN
$2,763
200
102
Roy Mikus
Naperville
IL
$2,763
200
103
Daniel Marshall
Algonquin
IL
$2,763
200
104
Ala Aqel
Orland Park
IL
$2,763
200
105
Lonny Siegel
Chicago
IL
$2,763
200
106
Daniel Schwadron
Countryside
IL
$2,763
200
107
Nikolay Kirev
Wisconsin Dells
WI
$2,763
200
108
David Coffman
Bloomington
IL
$2,763
200
109
Jason Andrews
Pittsburgh
PA
$2,763
200
110
Robert Mitchell
Salt Lake City
UT
$2,763
200
111
Milan Patel
Schaumburg
IL
$2,763
200
112
Kristopher Magruder
Lansing
IL
$2,763
200
113
Andres Garcia (IL)
Skogen
IL
$2,763
200
114
Brian Falkenberg
Chicago
IL
$2,763
200
115
Antonio Vargas
Bennett
CO
$2,763
200
116
Jacob Long
Omaha
NE
$2,763
200
117
Chris Moon
Detroit
MI
$2,763
200
118
Niel Mittelman
Northbrook
IL
$2,590
150
119
Kefei Wang
Northbrook
IL
$2,590
150
120
Miguel Martinez
Minneapolis
MN
$2,590
150
121
David Orlando
Washington Township
MI
$2,590
150
122
Neal Agarwal
$2,590
150
123
Lee Rzentkowski
Middleton
WI
$2,590
150
124
Anurag Ganta
$2,590
150
125
Shiva Dudani
Chicago
IL
$2,590
150
126
Edward Connell
$2,590
150
127
Steven Lucchetti
Elgin
IL
$2,590
150
128
Dominic Roti
$2,590
150
129
Kevin Patterson
$2,590
150
130
Scott Vetter
Washington
IL
$2,590
150
131
Josh Wakeman
$2,590
150
132
Bekr Ali
Deer Park
IL
$2,590
150
133
Angel Vizcarra
Westchester
IL
$2,590
150
134
Umut Ozturk
Saint Paul
MN
$2,590
150
135
Sarah Stefan
Chicago
IL
$2,590
150
136
Varkey James
Highland
IN
$2,417
100
137
David Sesso
Des Plaines
IL
$2,417
100
138
Drew Coleman
$2,417
100
139
Lorne Welcher
Avon
IN
$2,417
100
140
Ben Luber
Chicago
IL
$2,417
100
141
Justin Gutierrez
Chicago
IL
$2,417
100
142
Fernando Sotelo Perez
Chicago
IL
$2,417
100
143
Scott Sterling
Faribault
MN
$2,417
100
144
Pavel Folta
$2,417
100
145
Anthony Kastelic
Schererville
IN
$2,417
100
146
Wesley Weglarek
Chicago
IL
$2,417
100
147
Michael Goldberg
$2,417
100
148
Dan Meyers
Gurnee
IL
$2,417
100
149
Sasidhar Bobba
Chicago
IL
$2,417
100
150
Michael Maher
$2,417
100
151
Arthur Kramer
$2,417
100
152
Esayas Ketema
$2,417
100
153
Bhanuchandar Sadineni
Hoffman Estates
IL
$2,417
100
154
Jerome Bogucki
$2,417
75
155
Ojo Ajayi
$2,417
75
156
Kevin Theodore
Las Vegas
NV
$2,417
75
157
Bob Markham
$2,417
75
158
Raymond Xu
Inverness
IL
$2,417
75
159
Phirom Peterschmidt
Wellman
IA
$2,417
75
160
Tyler Schmidt
Chicago
IL
$2,417
75
161
Corey Hochman
Phoenix
AZ
$2,417
75
162
Nathan Rivera
Brookfield
WI
$2,417
75
163
Richard Rosen
Chicago
IL
$2,245
75
164
Jamin Stokes
Grand Rapids
MI
$2,245
75
165
Hunter Anderson
Waukesha
WI
$2,245
75
166
William Shearer
Payson
AZ
$2,245
75
167
Thomas Kurutz
$2,245
75
168
$2,245
75
169
$2,245
75
170
$2,245
75
171
Bill Brudenell
Antioch
IL
$2,245
75
172
Dimitre Dimitrov
Elk Grove Village
IL
$2,245
50
173
Howie Guo
Naperville
IL
$2,245
50
174
James Maahs
Chicago
IL
$2,245
50
175
Piotr Grubba
Huntley
IL
$2,245
50
176
Li Shen
Wilmette
IL
$2,245
50
177
Tim Votava
Coon Rapids
MN
$2,245
50
178
Thomas Scarber
Streator
IL
$2,245
50
179
DJ Buckley
Shakopee
MN
$2,245
50
180
Dennis Stevermer
St. Paul
MN
$2,245
50
181
Steve Liarakos
Chicago
IL
$2,245
50
182
David Hoffman
South Bend
IN
$2,245
50
183
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
Wheeling
IL
$2,245
50
184
Andrew Dingman
Chicago
IL
$2,245
50
185
Charlie Reichard
Janesville
WI
$2,245
50
186
Blake Borden
Kenosha
WI
$2,245
50
187
Songjie Zhou
Buffalo Grove
IL
$2,245
50
188
Joshua Twoney
$2,245
50
189
Eli Ross
San Francisco
CA
$2,245
50
190
Victor Lee
$2,245
50
191
Josh Balderson
$2,245
50
192
Amir Tavanae
New Brighton
MN
$2,245
50
193
Marianne Degozixizn-Dennis
$2,245
50
194
Alexander Mainaev
$2,245
50
195
Minsoo Park
$2,245
50
196
Petar Konstantinovk
$2,245
50
197
James Goldman
$2,245
50
198
Steven Brill
$2,245
50
Top 10 finishers
1
Mo Nuwwarah
2
Greg Koutelidakis
3
Matt Miller
4
Michael Holm
5
Bruce Fagan
6
David Kowal
7
Matthew Schurter
8
Ben Krauss
9
Evan Bethyo
10
Anthony Veckey